James Goldsmith Quotes
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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
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Everybody needs money, but I'm a fighter. For what I make, I'm happy with what I make. The money is not everything; it's about honor.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.
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When people are poor, they find ways of making things taste like fish.
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I'm not saying 'I have cerebral palsy, pay attention to me.' We all have problems, and we have to figure out how to live our best life.
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In general, when you have success on the field, you're more popular, and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more, and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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As long as there have been elections, there have been attempts to keep eligible people from voting.
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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force.
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All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s.
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In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!
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I'm originally from Dallas, Texas, where Bonnie and Clyde were from, so when I was a little kid, my grandfather used to drive me past the Barrow Filling Station. At my elementary school, there was a barn outside that they used to say was a Bonnie and Clyde hangout.
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Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
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My sailing system set sail, make it fast, no thoughts of energy or velocity, loll back, let boat drift.
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Nothing is more complicated than sex. Nor anything so beautifully simple.
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I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.
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As co-founder and CEO of an AI company, I am used to there not being many women in the room, especially in AI.
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Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second.
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The bigger the headquarters the more decadent the company.
